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10 Things To Consider When Choosing A Cloud Service Provider
When choosing a Cloud service provider … think
“PERFECTION”
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Sign up for a cloud account that offers flexible pricing and allows you to scale up and down according to your IT needs.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
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Choose a cloud service provider that is an industry expert and is an established brand that is familiar with almost any software that your company want to use.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
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Partner with a reliable hosting provider that can manage the entire hosting environment, especially if your website receives robust traffic in uptime.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
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The number of years of experience (10+ years is recommended) and the cloud vendor’s position in the stock market are significant factors to consider.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
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The cloud service provider should have an easy management system for the IT staff to manage, control and maintain with efficiency and simplicity.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
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Make sure the vendor is customer-driven and provides 24/7 support whether in chat, call or email.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
You must take a look at the managed service level agreements, security and data policies, and terms of service of the cloud service provider.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
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Find a cloud vendor that provides easy integration of current network resources into the cloud apps and servers.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
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If you are not ready to move the entire infrastructure to the cloud, then make sure the cloud service provider is open for flexible solutions.
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
Must have a robust, secured and resilient network to deliver reliable network connectivity through the cloud services with efficiency, as well as take ownership of the overall infrastructure.
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Pricing
Expertise
Reliability
Financially stable
Easily managed
Customer-driven
Transparent
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Network ownership
Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, 2013
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Source: Geekless Tech, 10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Cloud Service Provider, December 30, 2013
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